STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICENEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH diabetes, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has been transferred to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital following a month-long stay at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he was […]
Menino goes to rehab; diagnosed with diabetes
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Holyoke mayor drops opposition to casino
Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse stunned observers by announcing on Monday morning a reversal of his adamant opposition to a casino in his city. The 23-year-old Morse was elected a […]
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Rubio, Rubio, wherefore art thou, Rubio?
“I’m not a scientist, man.” It only took Marco Rubio five quick words to fence around the GOP’s path out of the wilderness, and toward electability. Pretending to believe in […]
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Virtual uncertainty
TWO YEARS AGO, the Greenfield school district launched the state’s first all-online public school with the promise of leading Massachusetts into 21st century education. The school set out to tap […]
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Hack hire hurts tax plea
In his first campaign in 2006, and throughout his tenure in office, Gov. Deval Patrick has eloquently articulated a broad, liberal vision of the role of government: to help those […]
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Burgess posting was a ‘screw up,’ Patrick says
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEHOURS AFTER the Boston Globe reported that the state highway safety director has a long record of accidents and driving infractions, the Patrick administration indicated that Sheila […]
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Warren’s solution for gridlock
During the campaign between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren, Brown said the best way to end congressional gridlock was to send more senators like him to Washington, people willing to […]
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A poor showing
The Census Bureau has caught up with reality and the numbers are grim. After a half-century of accounting only for inflation when measuring the poverty line, the federal head counters […]
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LG Murray says what everyone knows
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE LT. GOV TIMOTHY MURRAY wants to be the state’s next governor. That much he made clear on Thursday. His plans to make that happen, however, are […]
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Boston World Partnerships calls it quits
BOSTON WORLD PARTNERSHIPS, an economic development networking company launched in 2009 with $1 million in Boston Redevelopment Authority money, is shutting down.In an email to supporters, executive director Yoon Lee […]
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Could Deval Patrick tip the scales at Justice?
The Boston-Washington axis is all atwitter about the Obama administration’s second-term round of musical cabinet chairs. Will it be John Kerry at State or Defense, or Deval Patrick at Justice? […]
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Bigby says NECC has primary responsibility
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE CALLING IT “ONE of the greatest health care tragedies in my memory,” the Patrick administration’s top health official told lawmakers Wednesday that she is committed to […]
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Gateway Cities key to Senate election
BOSTON MAYOR TOM MEnINO’S voter turnout machine got much of the credit for propelling Elizabeth Warren past Sen. Scott Brown last week, but the focus on Boston obscures a much […]
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If Kerry bolts, do Dems have a replacement?
Massachusetts political watchers have had their eyes on John Kerry’s Senate seat for nearly a decade now. At first, the seat was going to open up when Kerry cruised past […]
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Warren the rookie
Like a rookie stepping up to the plate for the first time in the big leagues, Elizabeth Warren looked cautious and tentative in her first meeting with the State House […]
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Sen.-elect Warren is monosyllabic
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICECANDIDATE ELIZABETH WARREN was known for giving lengthy answers to the even the simplest of questions, often joking that she had not yet mastered the political skill […]
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A machine without the operator
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is being praised for setting his machine in motion to turn out the vote that helped ensure victory for Elizabeth Warren, who garnered nearly three-fourths of […]
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Deja vu all over again
(This article originally appeared in the winter 2009 print issue of CommonWealth, but it seems appropriate now in the wake of Tuesday’s election.) TWO-PARTY GOVERNMENT Is critical to the […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Warren turnout machine sweeps away Brown
SCOTT BROWN HANDED OFF ownership of the People’s Seat, stepped off the Park Plaza stage, and tried to explain to a crush of reporters how he’d just lost hold of […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Winners & losers
If the tone of Scott Brown’s campaign had matched the tenor of his concession speech, the man from Wrentham might be looking at six more years. Instead, Elizabeth Warren goes […]
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No election highlights for Massachusetts GOP
Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the number of House Republicans members scheduled to be sworn in on Jan. 2, 2013. The correct number is 29, down […]
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The Cahill defense: My candidacy was a joke
The trial of former state treasurer Timothy Cahill and his chief of staff Scott Campbell for using Lottery funds for political purposes began yesterday with a novel, if not humbling, […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics, State House News Service
State tax revenues lag, mid-year cuts likely
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICEIN LIGHT OF a new dim revenue report for October that shows tax collections now trailing estimates for the year by over $250 million, the Patrick administration […]
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What’s the story with Obama?
Barack Obama supporters are praying daily (many of them probably hourly) at the altar of Nate Silver. The creator of the poll-dissecting blog FiveThirtyEight, who was signed on by the […]